![]() ![]() "The New Tsar" is a riveting, immensely detailed biography of Putin that explains in full-bodied, almost Shakespearean fashion why he acts the way he does. Personalities determine history as much as geography, and there is no personality who has had such a pivotal effect on 21st century Europe as much as Vladimir Putin. methodology is sound and, I believe, the only way to capture such an intimate understanding of Russia s iron man. ![]() Such an understanding of Putin s early life and the evolution of his leadership is lacking. In the end, the book provides one of the most comprehensive answers to a puzzling question: Despite all the changes that Russia has gone through during communism and post-communism, why is it still an empire of the tsar? ![]() Explaining the dangers that Putin s Russia may and does pose, Myers effortlessly and expertly guides the reader through the complexities of the Russian Byzantine governing style and the country s politics and identity. Combining skilled story telling, psychological examination and political investigation, Steven Lee Myers succeeds brilliantly in this biography of Vladimir Putin. ![]()
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